Barrel head



pril (i 1925i,

` 1,579,378 G.MARATEA BARREL HEAD Filed Feb. 24. 1925 G Marga??? ',d/

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rA'rsN'r BARREL HEAD.

Application filed February 24, 1925. Serial` No. 11,355.

To all @07mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, GIUSEPPE MARATEA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel Heads, of whichthe following is a specication.

This invention relates to an improved barrel head and seeks, among otherobjects, to provide a head embodying a pair of mating doors which may beseparately opened to afford access to the barrel.

The inventionseeks, as a further object, to provide a head wherein thedoors will normally close the head tightly and wherein one of thedoorswill be provided with a drain opening so that the barrel may, ifdesii-ed, be drained of any liquid therein without the necessity ofopening the doors.

And the invention seeks, as a still further object, to provide a headadapted for general use in connection with barrels as now constructed. p

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved head in position in abarrel.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows.

Figure 8 is a sectional View on the line 3 3 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows.

In accordance with the present invention, the barrel head comprises apair of like side sections 1() and extending transversely between thesections therebeneath is, as particularly shown in Figure 3 of thedrawings, a cross cleat 11 rigidly connecting the sections with eachother. This cross cleat may be screwed or otherwise secured to thesections and is of a length to extend throughout the major portion ofthe width thereof so as to provide a reinforcing brace for saidsections. ln the drawings, I have shown the head in position in a barrel12. A t its adjacent end the shell of the barrel isQ-provided with aninternal beveled seat 13 while the peripheral edges of the sectionslOare beveled to iit in said seat, and surround-inethe barrel is a hoop14 binding the hea-d in position, the loop lying iiush with the'adjacent end of the barrel. Y

,AsY particularly shown in Figure 1l, the

straight parallel inner edges of the sections 10 are beveled away fromeach other toward the lower sides of said sections and slidable betweenthe sections is a pair of mating doors 15 and 16, the side edges ofwhich are beveled to slidably fit the beveled edges of the sections. Attheir inner ends, the doors are, as particularly shown in Figure 2,provided with mating beveled edges 17 while at their outer ends, theedges of the doors are curved to conform to the peripheral edges of thesections 10, and formed in the barrel at the ends ofthe doors arenotches 18 through which the doors may be drawn outwardly. Pivotallymounted upon the doors near the outer ends thereof are buttons 19connected with the doors by pivot bolts 20 and preferably the nuts atthe upper ends of the bolts are counter-sunk in the buttons so that saidnuts will not form obstructions at the upper sides of the buttons. Thebuttons are of such lengthV that, as shown in Figure 1, when arrangedacross the doors, the ends of the buttons will overhang th-e sections1.0 of the head a considerable distance so as to have` a firm bearingagainst the upper sides of the sections for rigidly and tightly holdingthe Vdoors closed. Formed in the door 15, near its outer end, is amedially disposed drain opening 21.

As will now be seen in view of the foreing, the button of the door 15may be turned to extend longitudinally of the door, when said door maybe drawn outwardly from between the sections 104 of the barrel head andthus opened without the necessity of molesting the door 16. In likemanner, the door 16 may be opened without the necessity of molesting thedoor 15, but, if desired, both doors may, of course, be shiftedoutwardly to open position and may also, if desired, be entirelyremoved. The drain opening 2l is provided in order that the barrel maybe drained of any liquid therein without the necessity of opening eitherof the doors.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A barrel head including spaced side sections, -a rigid bar extendingacross the space between said sections intermediate the ends thereof andhaving its'cnd portions firmly secured to the undeifaces of theseotions, and a closure slid into/"the space between said sections withits sideedge portions in underlying relation to the adjacent side edgesot said sections, said closure resting upon said har when i'n a. closedposition.

2. A barrel head including spaced side sections, rigid bar ettendinglacross the space between said sections intermediate the ends thereoitland having its end portions lirlnly secured to the under faces of thesections, a closure slid into the space between said sections With itsside edge portions in underlying relation to the adjacent sidesaidclosure and adapted to be turned to ex- 15 ta'endtransverselythereof with its end portions overlying said sections and if'rictionalbvengaging the outer faces thereol to releasably retain the closure in asetposition.

ln testimony Wnereoi` l a'x my signature.

GIUSEPPE MARATEA. LL.

